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Huge parts of Europe are also car dependent and we also have urban sprawl.
by Thlom 6y ago
Huge parts of Europe are also car dependent and we also have urban sprawl.
- skrebbel 6y agoI think when Americans say Europe, they mean "that part of Europe that best fits my argument". Likely the same vice versa. Both are enormous and diverse places.
- noobermin 6y agoEven the most sprawled places in Europe are better than the US. Even small cities (compared to the US) have more public transit than here.
- Thlom 6y agoMaybe more transit, but it doesn't really help when it's not usable for folks. The biggest difference between US and Europe I've noticed (except that everything is bigger in the US) is the lack of grocery stores in the US. There's huge subdivisions with no grocery stores, so you have to enter the highway to get to a grocery store. Walking is not practically possible. In my small suburb in a small town in a small country in Europe there's two grocery stores within walking distance, four within a short bike ride. Not huge stores like Wallmart or well stocked like, I don't know, Whole Foods, but small grocery stores that sells food and everyday products.